ToT spectator mode

DirtyDanny · December 2022

I would love to see a Tales of Tribute spectator mode,
Non Matchmaking only ofcourse.
Where spectators can see both players cards.
Great for guilds that like to have a tournament and stream it.

Tornaad · December 2022

I don't know what I think of that, but I would have no problem with it.

Malthorne · December 2022

I have zero interest in tot and have no use for a spectator mode, however, if it’s a feature the tot players want I wouldn’t have an issue with you getting it.

DragonRacer · December 2022

Would definitely be cool for guild tournaments. And while I know the table you can unlock through achievements is display only since you can just directly challenge players to ToT, it would still be cool if two people in the same house could interact with that table and initiate a match together. And folks in the area could choose to spectate.

Hapexamendios · December 2022

I'd rather have resources spent on bugs before something like this.

DragonRacer · December 2022

Hapexamendios wrote: »

I'd rather have resources spent on bugs before something like this.

I mean, we all would, but the reality is they continue to push out new content with new bugs regardless, so…

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DirtyDanny · December 2022

Hapexamendios wrote: »

I'd rather have resources spent on bugs before something like this.

It could also be an opportunity,
For new talent to develop their programming skills, before they start working on more important aspects of the game like the combat system.

SilverBride · December 2022

I don't play other players any more because of the ranking system. If they started allowing others to watch my games I for sure wouldn't go back to competitive play.

NeKryXe · December 2022

It's a good idea, I'd like to watch some matches. But they completely forgot to add ToT on friends and roster list of locations (since it's nowhere, players just disappear), so we'll never know when a friend or guildie is playing. Before they think about what you're asking, they first need to fix this. We should be able to know when players are in a ToT match by the location.

Necrotech_Master · December 2022

NeKryXe wrote: »

It's a good idea, I'd like to watch some matches. But they completely forgot to add ToT on friends and roster list of locations (since it's nowhere, players just disappear), so we'll never know when a friend or guildie is playing. Before they think about what you're asking, they first need to fix this. We should be able to know when players are in a ToT match by the location.

the player character doesnt technically disappear, they just appear to stand idle where they went into tribute

seen this with players playing npcs and just see a bunch of players standing around near the npcs, i assume its the same way if you do a matchmade or pvp match because your character isnt changing locations

but i do agree it would be nice if it had a " - tribute match" or something next to the location so it would be more noticeable from a guild/friend list perspective

(i usually still use the chat to talk to people while im playing tribute games, since against npcs there is no turn time limit)

DragonRacer · December 2022

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

NeKryXe wrote: »

It's a good idea, I'd like to watch some matches. But they completely forgot to add ToT on friends and roster list of locations (since it's nowhere, players just disappear), so we'll never know when a friend or guildie is playing. Before they think about what you're asking, they first need to fix this. We should be able to know when players are in a ToT match by the location.

the player character doesnt technically disappear, they just appear to stand idle where they went into tribute

seen this with players playing npcs and just see a bunch of players standing around near the npcs, i assume its the same way if you do a matchmade or pvp match because your character isnt changing locations

but i do agree it would be nice if it had a " - tribute match" or something next to the location so it would be more noticeable from a guild/friend list perspective

(i usually still use the chat to talk to people while im playing tribute games, since against npcs there is no turn time limit)

Yeah, I was in my friend's house while she was decorating (she needed me to occasionally craft her stuff she didn't know the plans for) while I waited for ToT queue to pop in between. When I went into a ranked match, I asked her what my body looked like because I was curious. She said I was just standing there idle staring off into space.

It would be nice if location in roster/friends list would change to "Tribute Match" or something like that. As a GM, I try not to hide in offline mode much when I am on, but I have found many times that setting my status to "Do Not Disturb" or "Away" to try and signify that I am online but in the middle of a ToT match/unavailable so any whispers may get a delayed reply... doesn't really give the message. LOL People try and whisper me anyway and then I feel bad, especially if they've gone offline since the unanswered whisper. May have no choice but to just go offline mode to prevent that, but kinda dumb to have to flip status back and forth since usually I will do stuff in between and then queue up again.

jaws343 · December 2022

This would be an interesting feature for player to player built games.

When my guild did a ToT tourney, we would stream the matches on Twitch for others to see.

NeKryXe · December 2022

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

NeKryXe wrote: »

It's a good idea, I'd like to watch some matches. But they completely forgot to add ToT on friends and roster list of locations (since it's nowhere, players just disappear), so we'll never know when a friend or guildie is playing. Before they think about what you're asking, they first need to fix this. We should be able to know when players are in a ToT match by the location.

the player character doesnt technically disappear, they just appear to stand idle where they went into tribute

seen this with players playing npcs and just see a bunch of players standing around near the npcs, i assume its the same way if you do a matchmade or pvp match because your character isnt changing locations

but i do agree it would be nice if it had a " - tribute match" or something next to the location so it would be more noticeable from a guild/friend list perspective

(i usually still use the chat to talk to people while im playing tribute games, since against npcs there is no turn time limit)

Really!!??? That's even worse!

Lunatearz · December 2022

DirtyDanny wrote: »

I would love to see a Tales of Tribute spectator mode,
Non Matchmaking only ofcourse.
Where spectators can see both players cards.
Great for guilds that like to have a tournament and stream it.

lets stream both players cards so they can stream snipe lol

Necrotech_Master · December 2022

Lunatearz wrote: »

DirtyDanny wrote: »

I would love to see a Tales of Tribute spectator mode,
Non Matchmaking only ofcourse.
Where spectators can see both players cards.
Great for guilds that like to have a tournament and stream it.

lets stream both players cards so they can stream snipe lol

in game if you click on the persons deck or cooldown pile, it already shows you what cards are in there

but for the deck, it does not order the cards in any particular way, so unless there are 5 or less cards left in it, you dont know the draw order

you can also look at the opponents cooldown pile too

"stream sniping" would only make it easier to see what is in the opponents hand at the time of draw (you can see whats in their hand now, but i think it combines their hand with what is in their deck in the menu, so again unless theres very few cards left in their deck its virtually impossible to tell exactly what is in their hand)

Lunatearz · December 2022

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

Lunatearz wrote: »

DirtyDanny wrote: »

I would love to see a Tales of Tribute spectator mode,
Non Matchmaking only ofcourse.
Where spectators can see both players cards.
Great for guilds that like to have a tournament and stream it.

lets stream both players cards so they can stream snipe lol

in game if you click on the persons deck or cooldown pile, it already shows you what cards are in there

but for the deck, it does not order the cards in any particular way, so unless there are 5 or less cards left in it, you dont know the draw order

you can also look at the opponents cooldown pile too

"stream sniping" would only make it easier to see what is in the opponents hand at the time of draw (you can see whats in their hand now, but i think it combines their hand with what is in their deck in the menu, so again unless theres very few cards left in their deck its virtually impossible to tell exactly what is in their hand)

a streamer being able to stream BOTH sides would be him being able to see the other persons cards. since you can only stream whats on your screen....

if it would be for spectators streaming it is only going to be getting more streamers NOT making content but watching others.... i dont think thats going to be really interesting... very small group of ppl and i dont think there are pro eso players lol for competitions lol also gambling isn't allowed to be streamed on twitch anymore i think :P

Lunatearz · December 2022

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

Lunatearz wrote: »

DirtyDanny wrote: »

I would love to see a Tales of Tribute spectator mode,
Non Matchmaking only ofcourse.
Where spectators can see both players cards.
Great for guilds that like to have a tournament and stream it.

lets stream both players cards so they can stream snipe lol

in game if you click on the persons deck or cooldown pile, it already shows you what cards are in there

but for the deck, it does not order the cards in any particular way, so unless there are 5 or less cards left in it, you dont know the draw order

you can also look at the opponents cooldown pile too

"stream sniping" would only make it easier to see what is in the opponents hand at the time of draw (you can see whats in their hand now, but i think it combines their hand with what is in their deck in the menu, so again unless theres very few cards left in their deck its virtually impossible to tell exactly what is in their hand)

when they stream and see the other persons hand they know EXACTLY whats in their hands

Necrotech_Master · December 2022

Lunatearz wrote: »

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

Lunatearz wrote: »

DirtyDanny wrote: »

I would love to see a Tales of Tribute spectator mode,
Non Matchmaking only ofcourse.
Where spectators can see both players cards.
Great for guilds that like to have a tournament and stream it.

lets stream both players cards so they can stream snipe lol

in game if you click on the persons deck or cooldown pile, it already shows you what cards are in there

but for the deck, it does not order the cards in any particular way, so unless there are 5 or less cards left in it, you dont know the draw order

you can also look at the opponents cooldown pile too

"stream sniping" would only make it easier to see what is in the opponents hand at the time of draw (you can see whats in their hand now, but i think it combines their hand with what is in their deck in the menu, so again unless theres very few cards left in their deck its virtually impossible to tell exactly what is in their hand)

when they stream and see the other persons hand they know EXACTLY whats in their hands

thats what i was mentioning, but its not like that will really help or matter that much in this game

if its in their hand they are (should) be playing every card, knowing whats in their hand wouldnt likely change too much anyway, if you see a good card in the tavern you cant get you should try to remove it so that something of lesser value appears

if your not playing all the cards in your hand, your just stalling the game at that point

Lunatearz · January 2023

I am a streamer and yes I do get ppl that are going to my stream when i play against them.. RANKED... its stream sniping no matter how you look at it and it gives an unfair advantage. as soon as i notice i put my full cam screen on so they don't see my hands

Amottica · January 2023

Zuboko wrote: »

I don't know what I think of that, but I would have no problem with it.

Same. However, I would have no issues if they added it. However, just as with streamers. I prefer to play the game myself rather than watch others play.

Rooatouille · January 2023

I would LOVE this! We've mused about this idea for a while now in my ToT guild. It'd be especially nice for those in my community who would like to just come hang out at the tournaments and watch games and for our championship matches at our larger monthly tournaments.

HalfDragoness · February 2023

I would personally love a spectator mode so it would be possible to set up tournaments in a guild. Would be fun.